deşmek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish دیشمك (deşmek), دشمك (deşmek), from Proto-Turkic *teĺ- (to make holes).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani deşmək, Uzbek teshmoq, Kyrgyz тешүү (teşüü), Yakut тэс (tes, to pierce through). According to Nişanyan[2] it is related to delmek.

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deşmek (third-person singular simple present deşer)

  1. (transitive) to lance (a boil)
  2. (transitive) to scratch open
  3. (transitive) to dig up, dig into
  4. (transitive) to open up (a painful subject or a problem)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dĕ̀lp`i”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “deşmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük